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Category: Faculty Partner Research

February 20, 2023

CFF Faculty Partners analyze best times to eat, exercise in a day

Heather Eicher-Miller and Libby Richards, published findings from cluster analyses on temporal nutrition intake as well as when and how hard to exercise in a 24-hour span. They found a link between the diet and exercise time-based patterns and both...
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February 17, 2023

Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Dual-Function Life Expectancy

This study develops a new concept, dual functionality, that integrates physical and cognitive function. We use the concept to define a measure of dual-function life expectancy and assess racial-ethnic inequalities in aging.
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February 14, 2023

Association of Physical Activity and Gait Speed: Does Context Matter?

Physical activity (PA) is associated with gait speed, and both are recognized predictors of important health outcomes. The role of social context, such as PA of one’s spouse, in the association between PA and gait speed is largely unexplored.
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February 11, 2023

Attachment Style Isn’t Destiny

Our past experiences do shape our relationships. But we’re not doomed to repeat unhealthy patterns forever.
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February 1, 2023

Korean mothers’ career aspirations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative study

Working mothers face challenges in pursuing their career aspirations due to work–family conflict. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has posed added challenges for working mothers by increasing care demands while also causing numerous health, economic and social disruptions.
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February 1, 2023

How aging couples’ emotional and physiological associations change across positive, supportive, and conflictual discussions: Roles of capitalization and responsive behaviors

Couples’ emotions and physiology change across interactions and based on behaviors. Aging couples’ emotions and physiology may be closely related as they spend more time together and rely on each other for support.
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February 1, 2023

The role of semantic similarity in verb learning events: Vocabulary-related changes across early development

Verb meaning is challenging for children to learn across varied events. This study examined how the taxonomic semantic similarity of the nouns in novel verb learning events in a progressive alignment learning condition differed from the taxonomic dissimilarity of nouns...
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January 31, 2023

Grit but Not Help-Seeking Was Associated with Food Insecurity among Low Income, At-Risk Rural Veterans

Rural veterans have poorer health, use healthcare services less often than their urban counterparts, and have more prevalent food insecurity than average U.S. households. Food insecurity and resource use may be influenced by modifiable psychological attributes such as grit and...
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January 31, 2023

Incorporating Diaspora into the Developmental Science of Immigrant Communities

Children, youth, and families who are displaced from or voluntarily leave their homelands, such as refugees, migrant workers, third culture children and adults, international students and scholars, and transnational adoptees, are largely overlooked in developmental science.
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January 31, 2023

Incorporating Diaspora into the Developmental Science of Immigrant Communities

Children, youth, and families who are displaced from or voluntarily leave their homelands, such as refugees, migrant workers, third culture children and adults, international students and scholars, and transnational adoptees, are largely overlooked in developmental science. Based on their unique...
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